Jean Sprackland’s (Other Clocks) latest book is These Silent Mansions: a life in graveyards, which was shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Award in 2021. Strands won the Portico Prize for Non-Fiction in 2012. She is the author of five collections of poetry, including the Costa Award-winning Tilt. Jean is Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Jean's work appears in Issue 11 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.

Dani Redd (Remembering Ice) has a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from UEA. She writes both fiction and non-fiction, with work appearing in National Geographic Traveller India, Words and Women, Herizons, The Island Review and many more. Much of her writing is devoted to exploring the topographies and cultures of remote islands. She is currently working on a novel entitled The Arctic Curry Club, set between Spitsbergen and Bangalore, India, a city where she lived for two years.

Dani's work appears in Issue 3 of Hinterland. Click here to buy a copy.